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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1900
Page
7
A fragmented passage argues July Fourth deaths or losses exceed other days, claiming statistics show a high share of casualties. The text is garbled and lacks clear sources or context for the assertion.
The article lists October as one of the most dangerous months for stock speculation and notes other risky months such as July January September August December February April March June November and May. It cites caution for investors to avoid uncertain timing and market guesses.
Webster Davis arrives in Lourenco Marques en route to Pretoria amid talk of Kruger using private salon cars. In Washington, Pettigrew presses Aguinaldo’s statement on Dewey and the Filipino republic, sparking sharp attacks from Lodge and Hawley as the senate rages over the issue.
The senate committee on Porto Rico debated a government framework bill and left in a congressional delegate provision who is a Porto Rican resident with property and literacy in English. The tariff plan sets duties at 25 percent of Dingley rates on goods between Porto Rico and the United States.
The Prairie Farmer column argues to advance flax fiber decortication and byproducts. It cites over a million acres grown for seed, fiber value improvements from better harvesting, Belgian and Russian cultivation methods, and a push to develop a US linen industry from Michigan to Washington.
Speculation rises in London over a private car reportedly transporting Webster Davis from Lourenco Marques to Pretoria. Continentals question if McKinley official may be on a mission despite Washington's denial. Washington notes Davis abandoned plans to visit the Transvaal to avoid misinterpretation.
A Washington dispatch says Webster Davis assistant secretary of the interior is not on any government mission to the Transvaal. He left the department after a controversy with Secretary Hitchcock and Pension Commissioner Evans, received three months leave, and is on a purely personal trip to South Africa.
Washington crowd fills Grand Opera House to show support for Boer independence as in 1776. Senators Mason Allen Tillman and longtime house members join stage along with Clark DeArmond Cochran Bailey Carmack Rhea Jones Lamb Shafroth Covener Meyer Sulzer Lentz as speakers and presider on Sulzer.
London reports the Duke of Marlborough has left for South Africa as staff officer. The duchess and Mrs. Belmont accompany him to Southampton but will not proceed to the Cape. He travels with a small retinue, mainly a valet likely to be replaced by officers' striker in camp.
The Rev. Charles M. Sheldon will edit the Topeka Capital-news for the week beginning March 13, gaining absolute control of all departments including editorial and advertising to run the paper as he envisions a Christian daily.
C Morta Vicuna the Chilean minister to the United States and Japan arrived from Tokio aboard the Doric en route to Washington He is said to have discussed with the Japanese foreign office the settlement of Japanese colonists in Chili and the establishment of a steamship line during his stay in Tokio.
The grand jury at Frankfort Kentucky on January 23 returned indictments charging Colonel David G Colson with the willful murder of Ethelbert Scott and L W Demaree.
Secretary Hay reports all South American diplomats favor reconvening a pan American congress. President McKinley favors meeting again in Mexico City, noting the first congress was in Washington. Mexico may extend invitations to nations in North South and Central America to participate.
In Washington on February 2 the Indian appropriation bill prompted general debate. Topics included Philippine policy, Puerto Rico governance, arid land leasing, and Southern election methods, with the South election issue drawing the strongest discussion.
Washington reports the house committee on public lands has approved the bill commonly called the free home bill. It authorizes free entry for lands acquired from Indian tribes under the act.
Governor Lind informed the convention of township mutual insurance companies in session at the state capitol St Paul that at the next legislature he would recommend that the state carry its own insurance on its institutions to effect a saving.
Rochester Minn February 2 The last rail of the new line to Simpson has been laid with the mercury below zero and the first freight train was run 15 minutes later. Trains will run regularly before the week’s end.
A writer extols the white pine praising its adaptability from bottom land to hilltop soils. It heals damaged trunks, forms windbreaks when planted in rows, and tempered by cold and heat when grown in groups. Individual pines are praised for majestic strength and eventual rich harvests.
Under ordinary circumstances good celery finds ready sale and fair prices. Bright and well blanched heads sell best while rusty or spindling stalks are neglected when supply is good. Growers use boxes sized to fit a flat package, with 6 to 12 dozen per box most popular.
The Fargo based Agricultural College announces a winter course in agriculture beginning January 8 for three months. Notes include Indiana sugar beet experiments as satisfactory and seeds gathered in the northwestern U S for forage plant study. Ohio climate suited for alfalfa and Australian salt bush aids alkali soils. Orchardists favor winter irrigation. Fargo experiment station finds grain finishing sheep more profitable than direct sale from grass.
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